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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is the man going to his next destination?
(a) To see his girlfriend.
(b) To meet with another man.
(c) To enlist in the army.
(d) To earn some money.

2. What does the man tell Crispin?
(a) He is Crispin's new lord.
(b) He is wanted by the law.
(c) He will take Crispin as an apprentice.
(d) He does not need another mouth to feed.

3. What does Crispin assume about his father?
(a) That he probably raped his mother.
(b) That he is dead.
(c) That he did not want Crispin's mother.
(d) That he is a criminal.

4. What does Crispin see as he is about to give up?
(a) A bird trying to leave the nest.
(b) A dead fox in a ditch.
(c) A man swinging from a gallows.
(d) A spider spinning a web four times.

5. What does Crispin realize about the people in the the place he finds?
(a) They could be very near.
(b) They have moved somewhere.
(c) They have all died from the plague.
(d) They will be returning.

6. What worries the boy about Aycliffe's demand?
(a) That the villagers will not help him.
(b) That Aycliffe is angry at him.
(c) That Aycliffe will continue to ask for more.
(d) That the boy will be unable to earn a living.

7. What is Crispin's reaction to learning what Bear is teaching?
(a) Indifference.
(b) Pride.
(c) Arrogance.
(d) Embarrassment.

8. What does Bear say about Furnival?
(a) He is a decent lord.
(b) He is a good soldier.
(c) He is a cruel, greedy and arrogant man.
(d) He cannot fight at all.

9. What happens to the boy when he is running?
(a) He trips, falls and hits his head.
(b) He meets a pretty girl.
(c) Nothing.
(d) He finds a hurt hawk.

10. What does Quinel give to the boy?
(a) A silver cross.
(b) A golden bracelet.
(c) A lead cross.
(d) A small book.

11. What does the person ask Crispin?
(a) Who he is and from where he has come.
(b) If he can take them to the city.
(c) If he has any food.
(d) If he wants to eat.

12. Where does Quinel tell Crispin to go?
(a) To the cathedral in London.
(b) To the church's basement.
(c) To Goodwife Peregrine's house.
(d) To France.

13. What does Crispin see in one of the houses in the village?
(a) A table set for dinner.
(b) A skeleton.
(c) A sword.
(d) Some toys on the floor.

14. What time is it when the boy wakes up?
(a) Midnight.
(b) Night-time.
(c) Dawn.
(d) Late evening.

15. How does Quinel feel about what the boy tells him?
(a) He cries.
(b) He is surprised.
(c) He does not believe the boy.
(d) He is relieved.

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom is John Aycliffe talking?

2. What is a wolf's head?

3. Of what does Bear say he is part?

4. Why does the boy move towards a clearing?

5. What does Bear claim to the priest in the village?

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